Its Nominations Time! 2019 AzPA Annual Awards

Each year the Arizona Pharmacy Association encourages its members to nominate individuals in the pharmacy profession who they feel have gone above and beyond the call of duty to receive a 2019 Award at the Upcoming Annual Convention. We will be accepting nominations through April 1st.

AzPA Pain Management Certificate Program

MARCH 16, 2019 | VIRTUAL PROGRAM

With this program pharmacists will be able to ensure optimal medication therapy outcomes and patient safety, recommend non pharmacologic and pharmacologic therapies, provide medication management in various health care settings.

AzPA Immunization Certificate Program

APRIL 13TH | GLENDALE, AZ

An innovative and interactive educational program that provides pharmacists and student pharmacists with the skills necessary to become primary sources for vaccine advocacy, education, and administration. The two-part program reviews the basics of immunology, identifies legal and regulatory issues pharmacists must consider before starting an immunization program, and focuses on practice implementation.

Educate

Advocate

Connect

Chief pharmacy officers play a leadership role in key areas for health systems such as standardization, says the new CPO at West Virginia University Health System. Pharmacy is a critical component of an integrated health system, with significant financial and clinical considerations.

We know many people end up with a risky pileup of prescribed medications. Many efforts have been made, with varied success, to correct this problem. Yet we’ve usually focused on physician behavior, when there’s another powerful lever: pharmacists.